Big box retailers may have had the secret to combatting online retailers all along: instant gratification. A new study from Columbia Business School that is published in the Journal of Consumer Research warns that the positive ...
Social Sciences
Nov 26, 2013
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A US judge ruled Wednesday that Apple violated antitrust law in a price-fixing case, saying the company "conspired to restrain trade" with publishers to boost the price of e-books.
Business
Jul 10, 2013
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(AP)—Spain's National Competition Commission has fined top telecommunications operators Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange a total of €120 million ($159 million) for abusing their dominant position and charging excessively ...
Business
Dec 20, 2012
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Morgan Stanley agreed Monday to pay a $5 million fine to settle charges that it improperly handled crucial information on Facebook's earnings ahead of the company's disastrous IPO.
Business
Dec 17, 2012
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(AP)—The European Union's competition watchdog has accepted proposals by four publishers and Apple to end agreements that set retail prices for e-books—a practice the EU feared violated competition rules.
Internet
Dec 13, 2012
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Devon Williams doesn't bother reading Best Buy's fliers for discounts this holiday season now that he depends on his smartphone to find those deals for him.
Business
Dec 6, 2012
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A grey market for the iPhone 5 sprang up on the doorstep of Hong Kong's Apple store Friday as it hit shelves for the first time, with resellers offering to pay more than 50 percent above retail price.
Business
Sep 21, 2012
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(Phys.org)—A Queensland study has found that independent service stations' petrol prices were on average one cent per litre cheaper than brand retailers.
Economics & Business
Sep 11, 2012
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While consumers will see increases in the prices of meat, eggs and dairy products as a result of this year's drought, they won't see its effects nearly as much as farmers, according to an agricultural economist in Penn State's ...
Economics & Business
Aug 10, 2012
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Buyer's remorse may be a thing of the past for purchasers of new television sets.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 5, 2012
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